Abbey Rafsanjan Tatya
16 October 2009
Reveling, dancing, ululations and snazzy live tunes rocked the air at New Obbligato (Little Flowers), as Afrigo Band came to perform for their fans on Saturday.
The theme night, which is sponsored by Bell Lager, had lots of activity and freebies to win and it exploded into great reverie and merry-making amongst Afrigo fans.
Afrigo Band, Uganda's most prestigious and one of the oldest live bands in East Africa plays to a resounding home crowd at Little Flowers every Saturday and last week was no exception.
The band leader Moses Matovu said Afrigo has been growing stronger by the day because the royalty of their fans and partners, in over 25 years.
"This (Bell Lager-Afrigo) partnership is over 20 years old and all I can say it has been a good partnership where Bell lager has supported us to bring enjoyment to the fans," he said.
With greats as Joanita Kawalya, Rachael Magoola and Moses Matovu all on stage, it was only natural that the crowd could not resist standing and filling the dance floor.
With fans milling, singing along to choruses, and occasionally jumping on stage to join their stars, it was a sight to behold as the band gave away Bell Lager gifts, T-shirts and caps as part of the ongoing Bell Popatopa promotion.
The Bell Lager official said, "We are so happy that people turned in such great numbers to attend this party especially because we were a bit worried about the weather. I guess this shows that some fans are not just scared off easily by small things like weather but mostly because it's Afrigo Band we're talking about here. It is a really great opportunity to see Uganda's biggest band working together with Uganda's biggest brand."
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